10. Do not be stubborn with a balky wheel. If the front wheel gets in a rut going east, and the hind wheel in another going west, dismount and argue the matter standing, unless you are tired, and want to lie down by the road-side without making the effort to do so una.s.sisted.
CHANGED HIS MIND.
I didn"t like to take my bath, Until one summer morning bright I made believe I was a whale, And now I think it"s out o" sight.
A FACETIOUS VISITOR.
"See yat "ittle boy over zare?" said Mabel. "Yat"s my "ittle buzzer, an"
his name is Nat."
"Indeed?" said the visitor. "Well, I think gnat is a very good name for a buzzer."
A SINGULAR DRESS.
"My big brother belongs to the Seventh Regiment," said little Nell, proudly, "an", my, how n.o.ble he looks when he"s all dressed up in his unicorn!"
A LOST TUNE.
I"ve heard a German band play tunes, I"ve heard "most every other thing; But one tune I have never heard, Is that which boiling kettles sing.